Andrea de Adamich

Andrea de Adamich

Born	3 October 1941 Trieste, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1968, 1970 - 1973
Teams	Ferrari, McLaren, March, Surtees, Brabham
Entries	36 (30 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	6
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1968 South African Grand Prix
Last entry	1973 British Grand Prix

Andrea Lodovico de Adamich^[1] (born 3 October 1941) is a former racing driver from Italy. He participated in 34 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, making his début on 1 January 1968. He scored a total of 6 championship points. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races.

De Adamich driving for March in the 1971 German Grand Prix.

Andrea de Adamich 1974 at Nürburgring driving Alfa Romeo 33 TT 12

De Adamich was born in Trieste, but the family originated from Fiume where his ancestor Andrea Lodovico de Adamich had been the wealthiest and most powerful merchant.^[2] Andrea de Adamich was an accomplished saloon and sport-car racer who performed solidly when asked to race in F1 where he was one of the few drivers to have worn spectacles to race.

He won the 1966 European Touring Car Championship at the start of a long relationship with Alfa Romeo and made his GP debut in the 1968 South African race when his Ferrari spun off on oil. Later in the season he won a South American F2 tournament with Ferrari but was not retained by the Italian giants and he returned to the Alfa Romeo fold as they entered F1 supplying engines to a third works McLaren. De Adamich only finished once in 1970 in the McLaren-Alfa and had no more luck the following year when the Alfa engine deal switched to March.

In 1972 De Adamich joined the Surtees team and finished a good 4th in the Spanish GP at Jarama. In 1973 he repeated that placing in the Belgian GP at Zolder in a sponsored Brabham but was unable to complete the season due to injuries sustained in a multiple pile-up at the British GP.

De Adamich retired the following year and became a respected motor sport journalist and TV pundit in his native Italy. From 1978 through 2012 he conducted the TV sport program "Grand Prix" on Italia 1.

He is currently the vice-president of N.Technology which prepares race cars for Alfa Romeo.

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Yr	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	WDC	Points
1968	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 312/67	Ferrari V12	RSA Ret	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX				NC	0
1970	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	McLaren M7D	Alfa Romeo V8	RSA	ESP DNQ	MON DNQ	BEL		FRA NC	GBR DNS									NC	0
		McLaren M14D						NED DNQ			GER DNQ	AUT 12	ITA 8	CAN Ret	USA DNQ	MEX
1971	STP March	March 711	Alfa Romeo V8	RSA 13	ESP Ret	MON	NED	FRA Ret	GBR NC	GER Ret	AUT	ITA Ret	CAN	USA 11					NC	0
1972	Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees	Surtees TS9B	Cosworth V8	ARG Ret	RSA NC	ESP 4	MON 7	BEL Ret	FRA 14	GBR Ret	GER 13	AUT 14	ITA Ret	CAN Ret	USA Ret				17th	3
1973	Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees	Surtees TS9B	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA 8													16th	3
	Ceramica Pagnossin MRD	Brabham BT37					ESP Ret	BEL 4	MON 7	SWE	FRA Ret
		Brabham BT42										GBR Ret	NED	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA

Non-Championship Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1967	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 312	Ferrari V12	ROC	SPC	INT	SYR	OUL	ESP Ret
1968	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 312	Ferrari V12	ROC DNS	INT	OUL
1969	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees TS5	Chevrolet	ROC	INT	MAD	OUL 3
1970	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	McLaren M14D	Alfa Romeo V8	ROC	INT	OUL DNA
1971	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees TS9B	Cosworth V8	ARG	ROC	QUE	SPR	INT	RIN DNA	OUL	VIC
1972	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees TS9B	Cosworth V8	ROC	BRA DNA	INT	OUL	REP 2	VIC 3

See also

• Croats of Italy

References

1. FIA Year Book of Automobile Sport 1975. Patrick Stephens Ltd. white p. 34. ISBN 0-85059-195-3.
2. Avakumovic, Ivan. “An Episode In The Continental System in the Illyrian Provinces”, The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 14. No 3 (Summer, 1954), pp. 254-261.

External links

• Profile on Historic Racing